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Limited accumulation for late morning

As we head into the midday, there will be a chance for the snow to transition into rain south of Cincinnati.

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Updated: 8:40 AM EST Feb 21, 2015

Limited accumulation for late morning

As we head into the midday, there will be a chance for the snow to transition into rain south of Cincinnati.

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Updated: 8:40 AM EST Feb 21, 2015

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WEBVTT NOW WITH THE ONLY TRI-STATEFORECAST THAT'S INDEPENDENTLYCERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE, HERE'SMETEOROLOGIST JENNIFER SCHACK.WELCOME BACK.WLWT RADAR SHOWING SOME STEADYY SNOWFALL, SORRY,ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THETRI-STATE.INTENSE, HEAVY SNOW COMING DOWN,EXPECTED TO INCREASE ININTENSITY FOR MASON ANDLOVELAND.SNOW INCREASING THROUGHHAMILTON, BROWN COUNTY ANDBATAVIA.LIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.IT IS STARTING TO LET UP ON THESOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN.THAT'S GOOD NEWS.I THINK WE'LL SEE A COUPLE HOURSOF SLIGHTLY LIGHTER SNOWFALL.IT'S BEEN HEAVY TO MODERATEINTENSITY SINCE ABOUT 2:00 THISMORNING.IT'S BEEN PRIMARILY SNOW.GOING INTO THIS EVENT, A LOT OFQUESTION WHETHER IT WOULD BERAIN, SNOW, SLEET, A MIX.FOR US SO FAR, IT'S BEEN SNOW.ABOUT 90% OF IT HAS BEEN SNOW.I THINK FOR THE AFTERNOON, IT'SGOING TO WAVER JUST A LITTLEBIT.WE'LL GET INTO THAT PART IN AMINUTE.RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO FOCUS ONTHE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW.VISIBILITY OF A HALF MILE.EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGHKINGS MILLS AND LEBANON, THEINTENSITY.HERE'S THE BACK EDGE WITH ALITTLE BIT OF A BREAK COMING INFROM THE SOUTHWEST.SO I THINK AS WE HEAD THROUGH9:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. THISMORNING, LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS.A LETUP IN THE INTENSITY.NOT AS MUCH IN THE WAY OF QUICKACCUMULATION, LIKE WE'VE HAD SOFAR FOR THE MORNING.AND THEN WE'LL RETURN TOMOISTURE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THISSTORM TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH.A WIDE VIEW ON THE WLWT RADAR.IT'S BEEN A MESS ACROSS CENTRALAND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY WITH THATWINTRY MIX.LOUISVILLE HAS REPORTED SLEET.THEY'VE HAD HEAVY SNOW.THEY HAD A DOWNPOUR OF HEAVYRAIN DURING THE NIGHT.FOR US, STARTED OFF AS LIGHTSLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, THENQUICKLY TRANSITIONED TO SNOW.IT'S BEEN SNOW SINCE 3:00 THISMORNING.THE WINTRY MIX IS I-64 ANDSOUTH.IT WILL STAY THAT WAY FOR THEMORNING AND THEN THIS AFTERNOONIT'S SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR THESECOND HALF OF THE STORM.FOUR INCHES SO FAR IN BATAVIAAND FLORENCE.THE OFFICIAL NUMBER, 4.7 INCHESALREADY.DELHI HAS SEEN FOUR INCHES OFSNOW.FUTURECAST SHOWING THE MORNINGACTIVITY STEADY.THEN THE BACK EDGE OF IT, WESTART TO LET UP A LITTLE BITAFTER THE 9:00 HOUR AND FILL THERADAR BACK IN AFTER THE NOONHOUR AND SOME STEADY SNOWRETURNS.FROM CINCINNATI NORTH, ANOTHERROUND OF AFTERNOON, MODERATEINTENSITY SNOW COMING DOWN.WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION.OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES,TEMPERATURES ARE EDGING UP.WE'LL LIKELY SEE OBSERVATIONS,AIR TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BITABOVE FREEZING IN OUR SOUTHERNTIER COUNTIES FOR THE AFTERNOON.SO A PERIOD OF JUST RAINEXPECTED TO THE SOUTH.MAYBE SOME FREEZING RAIN ORSLEET MIXED IN.BUT IT SHOULD BE A PRETTYDISTINCT LINE BETWEEN WHO'SGETTING SNOW AND WHO'S GETTINGRAIN THIS AFTERNOON.THEN EVERYTHING, A BACK EDGE,3:00 IF YOU LOOK TO THE WEST,4:00 TO 5:00 DOWNTOWN IT'SCOMING TO AN END.5:00 TO 6:00 ON THE EAST SIDE OFTOWN, THE BACK EDGE OF MOISTUREWORKING FROM WEST TO EAST.WE'RE DRY FOR THE REST OF THEEVENING.OFFICIALLY, THE WINTER STORMWARNING ENDS AT 7:00 TONIGHT.BY THAT POINT, WE'RE QUIETACROSS THE REGION.MAINLY SNOW FROM CINCINNATINORTH TO GIVE US THE HIGHESTSNOWFALL TOTALS.SLEET HAS BEEN MIXED IN THESOUTHERN COUNTIES THIS MORNING.A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN MIXED INTHIS AFTERNOON WILL KEEP THESNOW TOTALS DOWN THE FARTHERSOUTH YOU GO.WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT FOURTO SIX INCHES FOR A SWATH.I DID BRING THE SIX TO EIGHTINCH BAND TO THE SOUTH ANDBROUGHT IT TO SIX TO SEVEN.I THINK EIGHT MAY BE A TOUCHHIGH FOR THIS SYSTEM.SIX AND SEVEN WILL BE PRETTYCOMMON SINCE WE ALREADY HAVEALMOST FIVE AT THE AIRPORT.AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE HIGHESTTOTALS HAVE BEEN BATESVILLE TOCINCINNATI TO HILLSBORO.I THINK WE'LL SEE THIS HIGHESTNUMBERS ACROSS THE HEART OF THETRI-STATE, THE LOWER TOTALSBECAUSE OF THE RAIN MIXING IN,TWO TO FOUR INCHES TO THE SOUTH.WE'VE BEEN GETTING REPORTS OFSNOW TOTALS WHICH ARE VERYHELPFUL IF YOU HAVE A CHANCETHIS MORNING.WE'RE GETTING RECORDS OF ROADCONDITIONS, ALL OF THEM BEINGTWEETED, #WLWT.IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE THISMORNING TO SAFELY TAKE PHOTOS,THIS ONE FROM MAYSVILLE, SNOWCOVERED GROUND IN MASON COUNTY.THIS ONE IN FLORENCE AT 7:00A.M.THANKS FOR THOSE PICTURES.THE TRANSITION TO RAIN,TEMPERATURES AT 32 DEGREES INTHE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.THEY'LL BE EDGING ABOVE THATTHIS AFTERNOON.IT'S ONLY 21 AND 22 IN THENORTHERN COUNTIES.SO QUITE A VARIATION INTEMPERATURES.WE'LL TRY TO HIT THE SEVEN-DAYFORECAST IN THE SECOND PART OF

Limited accumulation for late morning

As we head into the midday, there will be a chance for the snow to transition into rain south of Cincinnati.